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This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

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At the time I could not see beyond the moral dilemma that is presented to the weak in a world governed by the strong: Break the rules, or perish.

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What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way around. In prose, the worst thing you can do with words is to su...more